Eca de Queiroz, Jose Maria de. The Sweet Miracle. London: David Nutt at the Sign of the Phoenix, 1905. Third edition. Printed on handmade paper. Frontispiece sketch by the King of Portugal. The prominent Portuguese realist’s devotional prose poem, occasioned by his tour of Palestine; translated by Edgar Prestage. Bound in full dark brown morocco by J.W. Menzies, with large blind-stamped border on both covers. Two bands at top and bottom of the spine in the style of the French, with gilt title and author. Light brown marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Housed in full leather slipcase. Measures approx. 5" x 6.5". A lightly rubbed portion to binding at “pull-out” (based on the slipcase cutout). Slipcase worn at edges.
An elaborate binding by “Mr. W. Menzies, instructor in binding at the [Manchester] Municipal School of Technology…” (link) is mentioned in an article of “The Studio” in 1915.